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Category: Egypt
Egypt: Administrative Court Rejects Parliament Approval of Red Sea islands’ Handover to KSA
Egypt’s highest administrative court Tuesday issued a new verdict opposing Egyptian parliament’s approval of government decision to surrender Tiran and Sanafir islands in the Red ... Read More
Egypt: Court lowers Prison Sentence to Police Officer for killing Peaceful Protester
A criminal court in the Egyptian capital Monday pressed a ten-year condemnation against First Lt. Yaseen Hatem accused in 2015 for killing political activist Shaimaa ... Read More
EBRD Lends Egypt € 290 Mln for Rail Modernization
Millions of commuters across Egypt will benefit from a €290 million financing provided by the EBRD to support the Egyptian National Railways (ENR) in its ... Read More
Egypt: MPs tussle over Tiran and Sanafir
The Egyptian parliament Sunday convened for a two-day session to review the controversial 2016 agreement regarding the handing over of the islands of Tiran and ... Read More
Gulf Crisis: Cairo Calls UN to investigate Qatar’s Alleged Ransom Payment to a Terrorist Group
Egypt Thursday called for an UN Security Council inquiry into accusations that Qatar allegedly paid around $1 billion as ransom to a terrorist group in ... Read More
Egypt: Nine Banks to invest $1.5 billion in coal-fired power plant
In Egypt, a consortium nine local banks have pledged to invest about $1.5 billion in a project to increase the North African nation’s electricity capacity. ... Read More
Egypt: US embassy staff banned from visiting religious sites outside Cairo
The US embassy in Cairo Monday instructed its staff to avoid religious sites outside Cairo as attacks against Coptic Christians multiply. The embassy said on ... Read More
Russia, Egypt boost ties after diplomatic row
Egyptian and Russian Foreign affairs ministers on Monday discussed bilateral and regional issues in Cairo including the resumption of flights between Russia and the North ... Read More
EBRD Supports Upgrade of Sanitation Infrastructure in Egypt
The EBRD has lent €186 million the Fayoum Water and Wastewater Company to enable improve living conditions of the local three million inhabitants through the ... Read More
Egypt Bombs Daesh Positions in Libya in Retaliation for Attack against Copts
Egyptian fighter jets have stricken bases of the Islamic State (Daesh) in eastern Libya after the latter claimed the attack south of Cairo on a ... Read More